Hawaiian Airlines Takes Delivery of New
A330-200

Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of its
fifth new Airbus A330-200 since June 2010.

The new aircraft is named Hokupa‘a, which is
the Hawaiian language name for Polaris, or the North Star.

Because
Polaris never sets and appears fixed in the night sky as earth’s
north celestial pole, the star proved to be an invaluable guiding
marker for the ancient Polynesians in their voyages across the
Pacific to Hawaii. All of Hawaiian’s new A330s are named for a
constellation or star used by Polynesian voyagers for celestial
navigation.

Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and CEO,
said, “Our growth strategy is on schedule and these new
long-range aircraft are allowing us to expand internationally and
boost Hawaii’s tourism economy. Demand for Hawaii is strong in the Asia Pacific
region, so that’s where most of our growth is focused. We recently
launched three new Asia routes over an eight-month period. Our
Sydney service is increasing to daily flights this December and we
will be expanding into another new market with our Fukuoka service commencing in April. And there will be more good news to come as
we introduce four more of these new aircraft next year.”

Hawaiian took delivery of Hokupa‘a from the
Airbus factory in Toulouse, France, this past Wednesday and flew
the A330 12 hours nonstop to Los Angeles, demonstrating the
long-range capabilities that the new aircraft brings to Hawaiian’s
growth strategy.

Hawaiian is scheduled to take delivery of four
more A330s in 2012 and will have 13 of the aircraft in its fleet
by the end of 2015.

Hawaiian plans to introduce up to 32 new Airbus
aircraft into its fleet by the end of the decade. In addition to
the five A330s already in the fleet, Hawaiian has confirmed
agreements in place to acquire 12 more A330s and six A350XWB-800
(Extra Wide-Body) aircraft (starting in 2017), along with purchase
rights for an additional three A330s and six
A350s.